![Pinocchio dances on a theatre stage in front of two marionette puppets, one carved to look like a fox-like devil and the other a woman in a mask.]()
Guillermo del Toro: Pinocchio
Like probably a lot of people, my first exposure to Pinocchio was via Disney’s 1940 animated film. I watched it as a child and didn’t particularly care for it––even as a little girl I had a strong dislike for characters that made obviously poor decisions. I also remember it being terribly sad. So when I…
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
I first saw the trailer for the Fantastic Mr. Fox in the theater in 2009. I fell in love with the look and feel of the animation, but when the movie actually released I was in the midst of preparing to move across the country. The story of Mr. Fox fell off my personal radar…
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TRON: Legacy
I’m loving the look of the new Tron movie, Tron Legacy. The new film builds on the original and tells the story of Kevin Flynn’s son, who goes in search of his father 20 years after his disappearance. Here’s the official synopsis from Walt Disney Pictures via IMDB: Sam Flynn (Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is…
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Mathias Malzieu: The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
This is the book trailer for The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu. I’ve seen links to book trailers before, and never thought much about them. I prefer to read the inside flap or reviews from other readers to decide if I want to read a book, and I don’t want to have…
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The PEN Story
This short, created by Olympus, tells the story of the Olympus PEN camera, which lives on in the new micro four-thirds digital camera, the Olympus EP-1. As you probably know, I’m a Canon girl, but I’m finding very hard to resist the pull of this cute little camera. The video above was created entirely with…
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Where The Wild Things Are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJPSc_4RCI&t=21sWow, just wow. I remember having heard this was going to be made into a movie, but I had no idea just how amazing it was going to look. I can’t wait!
